my story

[anmi]

Hy again.

I really like this forum, but I do not see many new threads around here...
As I told in a previous reply, the only one who can understand us is ourselves.
So let's talk about it...

I want to hear everybody's story ... how it was discovered, how did you take it, how the people treat us, friends, family, how is the diabetes treated in other countries... everything... Do you have any facilities? Did you laugh, cry, got angry, got depressed, have a normal life?... anything...

I want to read and to learn from other experiences.

[Cyborg]

First I had alot of self-pity. For a long time after that I was angry. Then for a long time, I was in denial. And now I have come to accept my diabetes as part of my life.

[camjen1]

I thought I had diabetes after I started to watch all of those symptom commercials they were airing at the time. I had every symptom. I let my ex mother in law check my blood sugar and sure enough it was unreadable. Told my mother who worked as a nurse in the hospital and she had me come in and they drew blood. After a couple hours I left with a bottle of insulin and syringes and my life had changed. The only thing I was concerned with at that point is not being able to drink Pepsi.

I was diagnosed as a teenager but by that time I was already a mother and had to grow up well before being diagnosed so I didn't react as if my life was over.

[lilituc]

I had symptoms for a couple years before 2005, but since I live with a Type 1, I was able to test my blood sugar and it always looked fine - this was before I knew I should try testing at 1 hour or 2 hours after eating, though. That and my very low tolerance for elevated blood sugar are what allowed me to catch it so early. Otherwise, if I felt fine at 200 or 250 like a lot of people seem to, it's very possible that it wouldn't have been caught until I already had complications.

I was also lucky that I already have a few serious chronic health conditions (stay with me here) because I was already used to dealing with those and having to take medication every day and manage my health. Not only that, but once I got my blood sugar back into normal range (when they let me go on insulin), the chronic fatigue I've had for years and years went away. Dealing with diabetes is not easy, and in my case requires a lot of work, but it's less difficult for me because I had the applicable skills already. For me, life got better after diagnosis. Still, there are a lot of "ifs" there if you want them to be. "If" I didn't live with a diabetic, "if" I didn't start having symptoms at 120, "if" I didn't live in such a developed country, "if" I didn't have health insurance (and I have been there), "if" my doctor didn't listen to me (been there, too), "if" I couldn't have found a good, progressive endo to replace the first one, "if" I couldn't afford my prescriptions which are $482/mo *with* insurance (also been there). I could go on. I am very lucky.

[auburngirl]

I was diagnosed 8 days before my 7th birthday-I had to go to the doctor for a physical for after-school care, and they caught it then. No one in my family has diabetes, and I didn't have any health problems before the diagnosis. I got a pump when I was 12 (after BIG problems-my number was never under 250 for over a year) and I love it! I turn 18 soon, and my latest A1C was 6.7!! I finally learned to accept myself, diabetes and all.

[GregGolden]

First of all, let me say. GO AUBURN!

OK now thats out of the way, I came home from a party that I did drink at, and I had the symptoms of Diabetes for 2 weeks after that party. I thought it was still from the drinking..you know, peeing alot, drinking alot, I thought it was all after effects from the alcohol, but I was wrong.

Went to school one day after going to my doctors office for a blood and urine test because I complained to my dad about the symptoms, I was called down to the nurse's office for a finger prick test, it was 430.

Went straight to the hospital, boom, "You have type 1 diabetes Greg"

I've just been living life to the fullest ever since I had it!

WAR EAGLE!!

[JJeenn]

My mom had noticed that I was losing weight, didn't feel well, and drinking tons and tons of fluids (I only remember the unbelievable thirst and not feeling well parts). She made a doctor's appointment and there I had to pee in a cup and they sent me for a blood test and told my mom it might be diabetes. We went home and a while later my mom got a phone call telling her to bring me down to the hospital because my blood sugar was high and (according to her) they said they were worried about me going into a coma. (I have no idea what my blood sugar actually was when I was diagnosed, but wish I knew.)

I handled it well. I was angry a lot that year but didn't really connect it to diabetes, I was angry at school, but I'm sure my parents connected it. For years after that I was fine and responsible and didn't feel sorry for myself. Then towards the end of high school and beginning of college my schedule changed, the insulin regimen no longer fit, my A1c rose, I took over control, and I still didn't give anything much thought. After a few years I suddenly got very depressed and very angry about having diabetes. For about a year I just raged at it although I also wanted to get better control and was trying, and the fact that I wasn't succeeding just made me even more angry and more depressed and I felt like no one understood. I think this is is the first time I really faced diabetes head-on. It hasn't been until this year that I've stopped being mad and/or feeling depressed about it. I still have my frustrating days but my attitude now has reverted back to the "it doesn't bother me much" category.

So that's my story. It was interesting reading the others.

[blue_eyed_devil]

Hey anmi. When I was dx I was 10 and to be honest was loving it because I was getting lot of attention. Sounds weird doesn't it? Was fine until I turned 18 and 'wanted to be normal'. At that point I stopped taking my insulin, started doing some things i shouldn't have... drugs and drinking etc, and ended up with DKA in ICU for a week or so, total hospital stay was longer. I was actaully very happy because I was very thin and thought it was great. I'll never get over waking up in ICU and not remembering about a month of my life (prior to hospital)... I really was messed up in that time.

Must admit woke me up to the fact I actually have to deal with the diabetes, and live with it. Since then i've moved on to become a nurse and plan on working with youth with long term medical conditions (what a cliche!). I'm also very passionate about mentoring younger diabetes to help them avoid what i went though.

On a pump now and loving it... though I'm not fond of the brand...

All in all diabetes has actually been a good thing I thing. Taught me to be very indipendant and love life... It's great!

[Lorna]

I wastaken to a skin specialist with lumps in my feet at age 6. At that time my mum wastold they were nothing to worry about, but could be assoicated with diabetes. Had my urine (1988) tested at that point but it was negative. Then 3 years later started drinking and loosing weight... Think my initial reaction was the why me type thing, but generally have lived my life and gort on with things.

[caryj]

I was diagnosed Type 1 at 3 years of age. Without my mom caring for me during that first decade, I wouldn't be here today. From what I have been told, I was drinking lots of liquids and urinating frequently. My mom took me to the ped. where they simply thought she was a lunatic mom (they never took a BG reading), a day later she took me back, they did the BG reading (too high to be read by a meter), later that day I was admitted to the hospital for about a week to stabalize/have my mom & dad learn this new way of life (lucky for them they had some experience as my grandfather was a type 1). Luckily, I suppose, I do not remember life without it.

It would be a weird concept for me not to test my BG or take insulin. An odd consideration nontheless.

[slowpoke115]

My girlfriends trying to become a doctor and has made a website all about her doctor stuff along with a section I wrote about diabetes, it reveals some of the truths behind diabetes and gets rid of the stigma the condition faces, it also describes how I was diagnosed. If you have a look she'll be really happy AND you get to read all about me! Just click medicine info and then find the article here, thanks for looking!

http://www.hollybray.co.uk/bigmed.htm

[Tricia452008]

I was 6 when i was diagnosed and for almost 3 weeks my mom knew something was wrong with me but she didnt know what. I dont remember what i was feeling when i was first diagnosed, but my mom was 100% angry over what was happening to me.

One of my worst diabetic reactions was back in March 2001...I was soooo sick of pricking my fingers that one night i just decided to give my poor hands a rest...just one night.......i woke up 3 days later in ICU....my sugars had dropped soo rapidly by 2am ::when my dad found me banging my head against the wall:: i was only 20 mg. When i was in the ER they need to do an EEG on me and i was fighting them soo bad ::i mean physically: i punched a doc....so they had to sedate me and that knocked me out for 3 days....when i woke up i was in ICU for 3 weeks and had an EKG and 2 more EEG 's then i finally went home.. It was beyond a mess but taught me to always test my sugars no matter what!!!

But when i was in my teen yrs i hated being a diabetic and different....everyone treated me different....I hated it.....

Now i am happy to be a diabetic and i want to be a nutritionist so that i can help other diabetics control their lives better....I feel i am a diabetic for a reason now and i am going to do something about it!!

[blue eyes]

Mine was caught early, apparently because of being on prednisolone.
I started with symptoms early August, lost a bit of weight even though my diet hadn’t changed, was more tired than usually, always thirsty and going to the toilet a lot. I saw my GP, mentioned the symptoms she did a random blood sugar which came back as 11.??mmol/l – nb I was on pred at the time. Followed up the same week and had another random blood sugar done which was fine (9/8mmol/l I think). GP sent me for a fasting blood sugar which was upper normal.

Started getting worse so went back to my old GP (felt to embarrassed to see above GP because she wanted me to follow up in 6 months). I had another fasting blood sugar + other blood tests. Fasting blood sugar was 6.6mmol/l so got sent for a GTT. Fasting was 9.7mmol/l, 1hr 14.2mmol/l, and 2hr 18.8mmol/l. The GP put me on diabex 500mg, I got taken off that b/c I was told it wouldn’t help me + the DE and endo was concerned about me being on it d/t me weight. The endo started me on diamicron b/c he was worried about me being on insulin d/t risk of hypoglycaemia.

Endo said diamicron would help me pancreas produce more insulin. Still got worse while on that. Ended up in hospital 19/10 bsl got to 22/21mmol/l but came down on their own w/o insulin, just had a lot of iv fluid, in hospital again 20th-24th with high bsl (highest 24.4mmol/l), was being treated as dka even though I was told it was lactic acidosis, started 2 units of lantus 21/10. Had more probs a couple of days later and stayed in hosp 27th – 31st , lantus increased to 3 units in the morning.

I’ve been told I have type 2 diabetes by the GP (because of my age - I'm 23), then slow onset type 1, then early stages of type one that was probably detected early d/t being on prednisolone early September, then type 1 but in the honeymoon stage by the diabetes educator.

I was shocked at first when I had the first random blood sugar. Now I’ve just being going through acceptance and denial. If I have a few good days of normal bsl I kind of go into denial about the diabetes, then if I have a few high days (above 14mmol/l) I think to myself maybe I really do have diabetes. My Mum supports me with the diet part of diabetes, like eating sensibly / not having a lot of sugars/carbs in my diet, both my parents have been sort of helping me injecting lantus (was scared to do it at first – worried about the pain and possibility of my bsl going too low on insulin). My grandparents have been concerned too.

Other thoughts, sometimes I hate that I have diabetes, I’ve always thought of myself as being ‘a healthy young adult and invisible to every health problem out there’ – which I guess isn’t really all that true if I look back since late August / early Sept + last year. There have also been times when I’ve been in denial and just want to ignore the diabetes, do silly things like drink a soft drink, have too much sugar in my coffee, honey which I know makes my bsl shoot up. But I’m getting over that now – I like feeling well! :marchmell

Anyway, for the most part I’ve had really tight control on lantus (not including these last 3 days) – almost to the point that I’d say I might even have better blood sugar control than a person w/o diabetes. Of course I stop taking lantus and my bsl does go up – but I’m lucky in that it takes 2/3 days for my bsl to go above 20mmol/l!!

[sweet_suffering]

When i was diagnosed with diabetes a month ago i was really relieved and happy and i started crying. The reason was that i went to the doctor for symptoms that could indicate a cancerous tumor, and with my family history (my mom dying of brain cancer when i was young and her mom with stage 3 ovary cancer), i was terrified. I had watched how my mom died and saw the diabetes a great blessing, because if i follow the diabetic lifestyle i will greatly decrease my chances of getting cancer.

[KickStart101]

I'll say!! God Love Ya, Sweet. Just learn all you can and follow it.
If you fall out of the Diabetes regimen, soon after, get back to it.
You Can Do It. ;)



My Sympathy for the Great loss of your Mom and Grandmother.

[am1977]

I think I went through the common stages people are known to go through when something happens to them... though probably not in any certain order. I think I am still going through that, at times, and it's bee 4.5 years after being dx'ed. I guess I still have a lot of anger about being dx'ed with this, though I still do my best to manage it.

[anmi]

So many of you have it for such a long time.... 44 years!!!! God... this is a lifetime. I admire all of you.
To be honest, I accepted the diabetes. I am proud of being able to take care of myself and not falling down. But there are times when I really hate it... it passed over 6 month since was discovered and in all this time I had times when I wanted just to forget about it... To drink a coffee, a beer, a coke or a cake without thinking how much will my blood sugar gets up. I read a lot about it and the implications... I was very scared at the beginning... my eyes, my heart, my kidney. After all, seeing how good I feel, I got over and restarting to live my life as I did before. Even happier, because I really felt that there is no moment to let go!

:hello:

[Tattoo azz]

My story is Dx'd when 7/8.After being in hospital for 10 days with serious food poisoning.Life was ok until i hit 12/13 and then my mum'n'dad split,my older bro started stealing cars (his way of dealing with it) and having fights with my dad.I started to neglect my care,missed appointments with specialist etc.I am still not 100% in control.I'm 32 now and suffering because of my actions or lack thereof.I also used to smoke 40 a day.Gave up in 1999 just on will power(it is possible),around the same time my thyroid gland packed in and my weight ballooned,i'm now on 200mcg thyroxin per day.I no longer drink(xmas is sooooooo boring now).We wern't given any help like this when i was growing up,if i was i don't think i'd be in this situation i'm in at present.However i'm determined to sort myself out,this forum has already helped a great deal.THANK YOU ALL YOUR FANTASTIC HELP:stickyman

[Eri's mom]

Eri was dx'd when she was 6. Her dx date is 1/3/00...but I noticed it b/f Christmas. We actually talked to a doc on New Years eve(Y2K) and they said to wait until we saw her ped)...yeah, w/ readings of "HI"...
Well, it must not have been TOO bad to them(her first reading was over 1000)...they sent us home after 4 hours in a doctors office, learning how to take her readings and give shots.(we somewhat knew b/c my dad is a T2).

At first, Eri was just oblivious...we were so relieved it was just that b/c at first I was fearing more b/c she was losing so much weight and my bil was dx'd w/ liver cancer the same day Eri was dx'd w/ diabetes.
Later, after she started losing friends(parents who didn't want their kids exposed to diabetes...geesh)...and the seizures, etc...she started HATING it.
At my sisters wedding, she actually shot the insulin out the window and during the reception my dad had to bring her home to get more insulin(she left it at home...I was out getting everything ready for the wedding). Her bgl was HI at that time...UGH.

Now she is FINALLY ...just recently...starting to take a LOT more control and getting herself under better control(with my help). (she is 13).
Her readings have been so much better the past week or so(I know, doesn't sound great, but it's a start!).

So, that's a bit of Eri's story.

[pinkytricia]

oooohhhh Robin !!! Such Good News.... YEAH...!!!! Keep up the good work..

[HJCollins]

Hi, I was diagnosed with type 1 at 16. I had been ill for a couple of months: lack of energy and strength, tired all the time, going to the loo a lot at nite, dehydrated, and id lost about 21/2 stone in weight. At first people thought i had an eating disorder and some thought it was just stress! I had blood tests at the doctors and was rudhed into hospital on a friday nite in may, I remember because it was the weekend before my major exams (GCSEs) at school started. When I found out I found it hard to come to terms with it, I just kept thinking why me cos theres no history in my familly of the disease and I burst out into tears a lot. I found it very difficult, and I still do now, I dont think i have properly come to terms with it yet, I just plod along with it and Ive had it for 5 years now. As I am scared of needles it took a while for me to be able to inject myself, my nurse often had to come and inject for me, at this point I was on two injections of novorapid a day. But i soon learnt that there was no point in being scared of the needles and since then have been fine injecting, although at the mo im on 5 injections a day.

[KMP]

Back in 1989 I was working 2 full time jobs installing fence and maintaining a newspaper pressroom - pushing my body to limits of non-sleep that were not good for anyone. Being 20 years old at the time I believed I was invincible and then all of the 'normal' symptoms occurred. Over 3 weeks I lost 31 pounds (from 160 down to 129) my pants were literally falling off. I was going to the bathroom every 20 minutes, could not sleep well - but at the same time, tired beyond belief. On a Sunday morning I got out of bed at 8:30 and sat in my living room feeling as if I was going to die from how badly I was feeling. I asked my parents to bring me to the emergency room. I was admitted to the hospital after they finally found my blood sugar was 590. During this time in the late 1980's everyone was talking about AIDS and at first the emergency room treated me as if I was a liar and that I was "not telling them something". THAT WAS FUN... After 5 days of hospitalization I was sent out into the world as a Type 1 Diabetic on Regular and NPH insulin. A few days later my girlfriend of 4 years left me because she "couldn't handle it" THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT Looooser!!!!
Since then I met and married my wonderful and SUPPORTIVE wife. We now have 2 beautiful daughters.
I started racing bicycles in 1999, it has added a "fun" challenge. It can be frustrating as a diabetic, but I love it and have lots of fun and met some great people. Eighteen and a half years tick by, NO COMPLICATIONS - I have had my highs and lows to deal with. I just started on Lantus and Humalog 2 weeks ago and so far so good. I like the change and my numbers are far better than when I was using NPH.
The story continues...I just can't tell you about it yet.
Hope I didn't bore you to tears.
Kevin

[anmi]

Kevin,
You are great. All of us should have your smile on our faces and be as optimistic as you are.
Keep up the good work!

:wavey:

[anmi]

Hope I didn't bore you to tears.


I forgot... you actually made me smile... :)

[MJM]

I was diagnosed 8 days before my 7th birthday-I had to go to the doctor for a physical for after-school care, and they caught it then. No one in my family has diabetes, and I didn't have any health problems before the diagnosis. I got a pump when I was 12 (after BIG problems-my number was never under 250 for over a year) and I love it! I turn 18 soon, and my latest A1C was 6.7!! I finally learned to accept myself, diabetes and all.

Hey, good on ya Auburngirl. Keep up the good work now, and you'll end up with fewer problems in the future.

[MJM]

Was fine until I turned 18 and 'wanted to be normal'. At that point I stopped taking my insulin, started doing some things i shouldn't have... drinking etc, and ended up with DKA in ICU for a week or so, total hospital stay was longer.

Hey devil, almost a carbon copy of mine. Except I was DKA'd twice before I wised up.

[MJM]

It would take too long to individually reply to each inspiring article here, so I will just say to everyone you are all an inspiration.

[KCP]

Do you guys reeeally want to hear my full story???:confused: :laugh:

[Mick]

When I was dx'ed in February 1966 (age 13), I'd very obviously been sick for months, maybe 6 or 8 months, maybe longer. I'd gone from a plump-ish 120 lbs. to an emaciated 60 lbs at admission. I was flunking school because I could either not stay awake in class, or could not stay IN class, I had to run out to pee so often. I'd be up all night for the same reason, and have to sleep the rest of the time, because I was constantly exhausted. Somehow, neither of my parents ever noticed a thing. Go figure. My admission was due to acute stomach pains--they took me from school to the ER, suspecting my appendix. In fact, my appendix had ruptured, so emergency surgery was necessary to prevent septic shock, but as they were prepping me for surgery, they discovered the REALLY bad news--my blood glucose was over 900! I was not well enought to undergo the surgery--dehydrated, malnourished, and slipping into a DKA coma. Then the appendix burst, sending me into septic shock on top of the DKA, and I guess they figured that I would die one way or the other, so they decided to operate anyway. By that time, I'd lost consciousness and slipped down a long dark tunnel, with a very bright light at the end...

I reached the light, and hung out there for a very long and peaceful period of time. Meanwhile, the doctors managed to remove the appendix and sew me back up without killing me, but I failed to regain consciousness for 3 more days, staying deep in coma. After I finally awoke, I had to spend almost a month in the hospital, building some strength back, gaining a bit of weight, learning how to boil my glass syringe, measure and inject my insulin, and test my urine for sugar spilling thru my kidneys.

I never felt bad about it. I somehow knew I'd come as close to death as you can get and still come back. I was so thankful for the chance to come back and live my life, the shots and diet and restrictions did not bother me at all. I just did what I had to do and got on with my life. Thru my teens, into college, I never felt the least bit of anger, resentment or denial about my diabetes. College was a challange--that was during the Vietnam War, campus protests, Watergate, peace marches, all of that--and I navigated some of it recklessly and spontaneously, occasionally veering off into dangerously. I survived (sometimes I wonder how, today!), married my high school sweetheart a few months after graduation, and continued to live the life I wanted--graduate school, great career (high school special ed. teacher), 2 children (24 year old daughter, 16 year old son), and now getting ready for retirement! Life with diabetes has been nothing but a joy. Certainly I deal with things others do not need to think about, but I've always felt those challanges only made me stronger, more disciplined, more self-reliant, more compassionate and more determined.

Michael
T1 41 years

[KCP]

:D Woah what an inspirational story!!! WOW!!!
Well, Since everyone else is sharing ill share mine:

I was aged seven and had been skipping through my childhood quite nicely:lollypop: . ONe day i got picked up from school and i didnt shut the door properly and fell out of the moving car. I was rushed home. It was fine. Nothing serious, they took me to A&E and i ate soup for dinner.
I was fine for about 6 weeks. until one day in a school assembly I apparently turned a nice shade of Green :D and fell asleep. It was lucky i was sitting on a chair or no one would have noticed me fall asleep.
I was picked up by my parents from school and i complained of being hungry (i dont remember any of this, as I was falling into a Hypoglycemic coma at this time) and mum tried to feed me chips and banan (as it happens i had that banan taste in my mouth for AAAGEs)
I was taken to the doctor who had no idea. He ordered an ambulance and i was rushed off to hospital, where I stayed for 9 months. It took them this long to find out i had Nessidioblastosis and fix the problem. I awoke after being in a coma after 3 weeks. :afraid: Then the next 8 and a half months were spent trying to set up my parents to deal with the dx, healing from the 5 operations i had to remove my panreas and drain the site... That as gross as it was drained via nasal gastric tube ... Eww.. All the barium swallowing, all the ecg's :hmmmm2:....... Whew.
ANd i was left a Type one diabetic. I was well controlled until the age of 16, when i had to leave home. I mentored other diabetics which is ironic since my control was so bad, but this helped me find my niche, Counselling..
Ive only now come to terms with my diabetic status after the horrible adolescent period. The only complication i have is minor retinopathy, but this is fixing itself, luckily..
I thank god everyday. Im very lucky to be alive. The same time this happened to me there was a samoan girl, aged two going through the same dx.. She is now 18 and has the mental age of a two year old. This is because if it is not caought soon enough, the lack of sugar causes brain damage:eek: ..
Thats my story..

[babs2000]

I was diagnosed in 2000. I had been having bouts with "heart burn". One night I had the pain and was vomiting none stop. Off to the ER I went. They told me I would not be leaving the hospital with my gallbladder. They gave me codiene for the pain-got hives. I kept getting worse. Had a cat scan done and they found I had pancreatitis. I had very high fevers-couldn't eat or drink(not even ice)-had a NG tube down but continued to vomit. I was only aware of a few periods of time of what was happening. I do remember being in a fog and having a few doctors standing around my bed and telling me that I was diabetic-I kept telling them no-I had just been tested and was NOT diabetic. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks then sent home for 2 weeks to recuperate from the pancreatits. Still nothing to eat or drink-I was being fed via TPN. Then I went back to the hospital to have my gallbladder out. One year later I had a pancreatic pseudo cyst-I had to have that surgically removed-3 more weeks in the hospital. One year after that my bile duct became obstruced. Once again I was back in the hospital to have a stent put in. Thats just the highlights of those 3 years. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it. Beth:puke:

[kel4han]

Geez Mick and KCP. I feel for all you endured upon dx. I will always remember your stories as they truely are remarkable.

[AJ21]

I had 6 weeks of losing weight, constantly running to the bathroom, constantly drinking like a fish, by my 21st birthday, i was down 11 lbs from what i normally wight. Everyone kept asking if i was anorexic, to which i looked @ them and laughed, and ate cake to proove i wasn't. I was craving dairy, which is odd, cause i normally hate dairy.
I remember I called my doctor near the middle of February for an apmt and they told me he could see me only in Mid March. I accepted the apointment and continued to study for my mid term exams.
I became so lethargic, that going to try on a dress for my cousins wedding was a chore.
My mom kept looking up my symptoms online, thinking maybe I had some form of stress related illness or maybe mono. I inquired about diabetes, it was quickly a 'no one in the family has it and it's hereditary...'
Feb 28th, I went to a random doctor at my clinic and after presenting the OBVIOUS diabetes symptoms, she told us to come back the next day for a blood test, and that I should fast that night.
That night I couldn't sleep, i remember walking down a flight of stairs to re-fill my water glass for the 3rd time, and panting heavily, having to sit on the couch to catch my breath.
I went into my parents room and literally just collapsed on their bed.
They had to drag me to the blood test that morning, I think i passed out during it... all i remember is eating an orange when I was done (Ha, oops!)
That afternoon, I tried to eat lunch and had to have cucumber on my bagel cause I wasn't able swallow the bagel w/o the moisture (gross i know)
a few hours later my parents took me to the hospital and within 15 minutes i was hooked up to like every machine possible and the doctor said 'your daughter has diabetes'.....
30 hours in the emergency ICU, my bs was @ 32 (canadian), bicarbs @ 2 and something else was like 26 and it was supposed to be 14..
wow that's long... sorry

[princesslinda]

Wow...you all have the most incredible stories...what strong individuals you were..and are! It's so great how you've collectively overcame such rough times and are so positive and happy, and always willing to share and listen to the whining ramblings of others (like me) with such compassion. Hats off to all of you!

[Rekita2007]

Hi!! I was diagnosed when i was 18 and i still am, it was on December 23, 2006, four dayz after my 18th birthday. I had noticed that i was going to the bathroom a lot and drinking a lot. But i wouldn't tell my mother. I was alwayz tired. I played basketball for my high school and i noticed something wrong when i wasn't playing that well. i would alwayz get so tired on the basketball court. So, on this Friday i was Christmas shopping and i got real sick, see i had high blood pressure b4 i found out that i was diabetic, so i took two blood pressure pills, and i called the doctor and they told me that i was going to be sick for a couple of dayz for taking the pills. So, i went home and laid down to sleep, when i woke up around two a.m. i was so hot but it was cold, i fell out, but i didn't tell my mom once again, so when i woke that morning, my mom called me in the kitchen, i fell out in front of her, so we was on my way to the hosptial afta that. When i found out my sugar was 483. I stayed in the hosptial for four dayz. Now im on Humalog and Levimere.